Commit 4e7f9df2 authored by Michael S. Tsirkin's avatar Michael S. Tsirkin Committed by Ingo Molnar

hpet: Drop stale URLs

Looks like the HPET spec at intel.com got moved.
It isn't hard to find so drop the link, just mention
the revision assumed.
Suggested-by: default avatarThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: default avatarMichael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Acked-by: default avatarGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1455145462-3877-1-git-send-email-mst@redhat.comSigned-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
parent a82eee74
High Precision Event Timer Driver for Linux High Precision Event Timer Driver for Linux
The High Precision Event Timer (HPET) hardware follows a specification The High Precision Event Timer (HPET) hardware follows a specification
by Intel and Microsoft which can be found at by Intel and Microsoft, revision 1.
http://www.intel.com/hardwaredesign/hpetspec_1.pdf
Each HPET has one fixed-rate counter (at 10+ MHz, hence "High Precision") Each HPET has one fixed-rate counter (at 10+ MHz, hence "High Precision")
and up to 32 comparators. Normally three or more comparators are provided, and up to 32 comparators. Normally three or more comparators are provided,
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...@@ -778,8 +778,8 @@ config HPET_TIMER ...@@ -778,8 +778,8 @@ config HPET_TIMER
HPET is the next generation timer replacing legacy 8254s. HPET is the next generation timer replacing legacy 8254s.
The HPET provides a stable time base on SMP The HPET provides a stable time base on SMP
systems, unlike the TSC, but it is more expensive to access, systems, unlike the TSC, but it is more expensive to access,
as it is off-chip. You can find the HPET spec at as it is off-chip. The interface used is documented
<http://www.intel.com/hardwaredesign/hpetspec_1.pdf>. in the HPET spec, revision 1.
You can safely choose Y here. However, HPET will only be You can safely choose Y here. However, HPET will only be
activated if the platform and the BIOS support this feature. activated if the platform and the BIOS support this feature.
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...@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ ...@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
/* /*
* The High Precision Event Timer driver. * The High Precision Event Timer driver.
* This driver is closely modelled after the rtc.c driver. * This driver is closely modelled after the rtc.c driver.
* http://www.intel.com/hardwaredesign/hpetspec_1.pdf * See HPET spec revision 1.
*/ */
#define HPET_USER_FREQ (64) #define HPET_USER_FREQ (64)
#define HPET_DRIFT (500) #define HPET_DRIFT (500)
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